My parents live in a wooded area in Texas, the entire neighborhood is infested with what I think, almost sure, Argentine ants. They are little black ants, and have invaded every home, from floors, cabinets, walls, and even some peoples refrigerators, I am talking about every ones house in the subdivision. How many oz. do you use to a gallon of water? My parents live in a wooded area in Texas, the entire neighborhood is infested with what I think, almost sure, Argentine ants. They are little black ants, and have invaded every home, from floors,... » Read More My parents live in a wooded area in Texas, the entire neighborhood is infested with what I think, almost sure, Argentine ants. They are little black ants, and have invaded every home, from floors, cabinets, walls, and even some peoples refrigerators, I am talking about every ones house in the subdivision. How many oz. do you use to a gallon of water? « Show Less
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I followed the directions and have treated1.7 acres. One in may of 2011 and again in may 2013. Yes i didnt need it in 2012. I havent had one ant in my yard since may 2011. Just follow the directions and wear long sleeves, long pants and face protection. Works like a champ.
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These are the desired rates of dilution 0.09% 1 gallon water - 1.2floz. Termidor 0.125% 1 gallon water - 1.6fl oz. Termidor I can scan the directions and precautions and would be happy to email them to you. send to: pfly3@yahoo.com
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Please check the label. You can use different strengths for different insects
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This is powerful stuff you only use 8oz to a gallon of water. What I did, I found the main hole in the ground from where the termites where hanging out, and just poured all over that area, especially in the big holes. Just make sure you wear protective gloves and do not let any pets go around that area. They were all gone the next day. You can also put it in a spray pump and spray a larger area. Hope this helps! Good Luck!
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I have no idea where you live or what are the flying nat like creatures. Might they be fruit flies? However, if they are living on the waste materials that have accumulated in the pipes, then removing those materials could help. We live in a 200 year old house with plenty of old drain pipes. I mix a gallon of Drain Care and put it into all drains whenever we go away for a vacation or long weekend. It is the last step before leaving the house. So far, we have had no problems with clogged drains, or with flying nat like creatures near the drains. Out of doors in another issue, such creatures live there in abundance. I have no idea where you live or what are the flying nat like creatures. Might they be fruit flies? However, if they are living on the waste materials that have accumulated in the pipes, then removing those materials could help. We live in a 200 year old house with plenty of old drain pipes. I mix a gallon of Drain Care and put it into all drains whenever we go away for a vacation or long weekend. It is the last step before leaving the house. So far, we have had no problems with clogged drains, or with flying nat like creatures near the drains. Out of doors in another issue, such creatures... » Read More I have no idea where you live or what are the flying nat like creatures. Might they be fruit flies? However, if they are living on the waste materials that have accumulated in the pipes, then removing those materials could help. We live in a 200 year old house with plenty of old drain pipes. I mix a gallon of Drain Care and put it into all drains whenever we go away for a vacation or long weekend. It is the last step before leaving the house. So far, we have had no problems with clogged drains, or with flying nat like creatures near the drains. Out of doors in another issue, such creatures live there in abundance. « Show Less
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It depends on the concentration you mix. For the majority of the insects it calls for 1oz per gallon of water. My house is only about 1,000 sq/ft with a one car garage and it takes about 2 batches or 2 ounces to spray the foundation, eaves, windows, and doors. This includes spraying the inside of the basement along the band board. This of course is also depend on how heavy it is applied through the sprayer, ie as a mist or stream. It also says on the label how many sq/ft an ounce should cover, but as I stated above there are a few factors that go into that.
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The original version of this product killed them. The label says it does but the recent EPA guidelines forces Terro to create a less toxic blend of chemicals. This means it doesn't kill Ants anymore, they just find another route out of their colony. If you have a fire ant colony, this will keep them from coming out the entrance you spread it on, but they'll most likely just move the entrance a few feet or a few meters. To eradicate, you may need a homemade solution that is less environmentally friendly. I've sprinkled this dust directly on carpenter ants and fire ants outside the colony. Both didn't like it, but they ultimately survived and so did the colony I tried to block entrance to. This is more for taking care of the areas where they force a huge mountain of dirt onto your lawn, than for dealing with the reason it got put there.
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I bought 3, 2lb. jugs to treat a multitude of mounds on a horse ranch (several acres). They were small to medium ant mounds, distributed all over the place (I did not count, there were so many). I only used 1½ jugs, so 3 lbs. to rid the ENTIRE ranch of Fire ants! They call me the Fire Ant Fairy. :) Yes, as Steven F. said, a little goes a long way. Follow directions...you'll see results in a day (2 days max)!
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I live on the Mississippi coast abuout 1/4 mile from the Gulf. We were plagued with fire ants and it was an ongoing balle using granules and baits until I sprayed the entire lawn with a mixture of Tarus. We have had not one "hill" this year.
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Maybe there are different types of ants in different parts of the country, but the ants I had didn't touch this at all. I would literally watch them veer around it. The only way they would go for it is if I mashed it into something I knew they liked, like boiled egg yolk or tuna or peanut butter. Then they would eat it, but I think it was too diluted by then to do the trick. (I never was able to get rid of the problem on my own, despite being obsessed with trying everything I could for a couple of months. I finally called pest control company.)
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I placed mine in high ant traffic areas, luckily for me it was almost on each corner of the house. These work amazing, the Terro product kills them within days, I have never seen an ant in the house, and I use the small liquid baits in two cars that were infested with ants and they were all gone within a couple of days
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It's possible, this poison, dries them out from the inside. If the ants eat it or get it on them, it should kill them. If you spread it around their nest that should help but keep it away from animals and children. I spread it in the backs of cupboards and underneath drawers.
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Timidity is to be used for outside it will leave a residual that they will walk over & take it back to the colony .if you had treated the area & it rained you will need to re- treat the area.If you see were the ants are going to the inside of your house spot spray that areas.I hope this will help
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Just separate the individual boxes as needed. Place the boxes with the entryway towards the inflow of ants. I use several boxes in heavily infested spots, then discard them in the garbage when they are full. My ant problem disappeard in about 2 weeks, and I haven't seen any since. They were entering from a crack at the base of the cabinet under my bathroom sink and were attracted to the food in my cat's dish.
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I made my own ant moat by using a metal clothing hanger, cut the hanging part off and straightened it out. Then I took a used 16 ounce water bottle and cut the top off of it. I used a nail to make a small hole in the bottom of the water bottle and the stuck the hanger through it. I bent both top and bottom over so I can hang it from my gutter. I used some gorilla glue around the hole inside and outside the water bottle to hold it in place and stop the water from leaking out and placed it 1/2 way up the hanger. Just keep filled with water and no ants. Hang the feeder from the bottom of that. You can also but an ant moat but way when you can make it for little to nothing! I made my own ant moat by using a metal clothing hanger, cut the hanging part off and straightened it out. Then I took a used 16 ounce water bottle and cut the top off of it. I used a nail to make a small hole in the bottom of the water bottle and the stuck the hanger through it. I bent both top and bottom over so I can hang it from my gutter. I used some gorilla glue around the hole inside and outside the water bottle to hold it in place and stop the water from leaking out and placed it 1/2 way up the hanger. Just keep filled with water and no ants. Hang the feeder from the bottom of that.... » Read More I made my own ant moat by using a metal clothing hanger, cut the hanging part off and straightened it out. Then I took a used 16 ounce water bottle and cut the top off of it. I used a nail to make a small hole in the bottom of the water bottle and the stuck the hanger through it. I bent both top and bottom over so I can hang it from my gutter. I used some gorilla glue around the hole inside and outside the water bottle to hold it in place and stop the water from leaking out and placed it 1/2 way up the hanger. Just keep filled with water and no ants. Hang the feeder from the bottom of that. You can also but an ant moat but way when you can make it for little to nothing! « Show Less
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This is made to be a defensive action around the base of the house. You are supposed to spread it around the base of your house to stop the ants from coming in.The liquid bait can be dropped right on the ant hole and they will bring it in, just like the bait traps. The liquid bait traps come in 2 sizes (small for the ants you seen every day in your yard) and the big and traps (about 3 times the size of the small ones). You need to watch the ants coming in and follow them back to the nest and put the trap right in their path. Hope this helps, it worked for me.
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I had ants in my dinning room around my cat's food bowl which is in front of the microwave stand. I put one under the stand and my cat didn't botherbit and she plays with everything. The next day I saw 2 ants and none since, its been about 3 weeks. I see no reason why they can't be used on the kitchen counter if placed away from the sink out of the way of water splashes. The ants will find the trap.
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No idea, have never seen any around this house. Bought them for ants and they seem to be "OK"
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You betcha. Most of my ant problems are black carpenter ants. The only thing about these baits that would limit their use is that they are liquid, so if you can't leave them in place, undisturbed, for the time it takes to work, say the only place you've seen the ants is a high traffic area, then they're not effective. Luckily for me (not so lucky for the ants) is that there's usually more than one trail on which they travel, and one of them is bound to be low traffic.
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I have 2 1/2 acres, so I have a lot of ants. It took me about 2 weeks to get rid of them in my acre yard. Spray right on the entrance to hill and let it soak in. Now I walk around once a week with my spray and I might see 1 or 2 little ones starting up. So, I guess you can say it works great.